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RESOLUTION NO. 219
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING
CO~ThTISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS U!TENTION
TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE
CONSIDERATION OF AND ~~ING
RECmlr4ENDATIONS OONCERNING THE
AI>lENDMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 760 OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA BY AMENDING SECTIONS
3, 8.1, 15 AND 16 THEREOF AND BY
ADDING THERETO A NEVI SECTION 12.1.
THE CITY p~lqING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AnCADIA DOES
HEIlEBY FIND, DETERliID'ffi AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOflS:
SECTION 1. That the public health, we1fa~e and conven-
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ience of the City of Arcadia and the irulabitants thereof require the
consideration of, and the institution of proceedin13s relative to the
amendment of Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia by the amend-
ment of Sections 3, 8.1, 15 and 16 thereof and by addios a new Sec-
tion 12.1 substantially as set forth in the followine; sections, or
as the same may be further or otherwise amended as the Commission
may deem advisable upon the conclusion of the proceedings he~eby
instituted.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to the foreGoing, that Subsection
(d) of Section 3 be amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3-(d). All property in the city of Aroadia not
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otherwise specifically classified, and all property hereafter an-
nexed, and not otherwise classified concurrently with its annexa-
tion, is hereby classified as and placed in Zone R-l; prOVided, how-
ever, that property owned by the City shall, while so owned, be
deemed unclassified for the purpose of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3-(e). 'The procedure ror zoning upon annexation
shall be the following:
1. Petition upon Annexation. In any petition for the an-
nexation of property to the City, the petitioner may request the
zoning desired by him for the property described in the application
event the property is annexed to the City.
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2. Report by Planning Commission. Prior to the adoption
by the Council of the Resolution of Intention to Annex Uninhabited
Territory or the Resolution Consenting to the Circulation of a Peti-
tion to Annex Inhabited Territory, a copy of' the annexation petition
shall be refe~red to the City Planning Commission for investigation
and report to the City Council as to the desirability of the annexa-
tion and the zoning classifioation to be placed thereon.
3. Notice of CommiSsion Hearing. The Planning Commission
shall give notice of its intention to consider the annexation of'
such property and the zoning to be placed thereon in the event of' an-
nexation to the City, by publishing such notice once in a newspaper
of general circulation published and circulated in the City. Such
publication shall be completed at least ten (10) days prior to the
date of hearing. Uton completion of such hearing, the Planning Com-
mission shall make its recommendations to the Council by resolution.
4. Notice of Council Heal'ing. After receiving such recom-
mendation, the Council shall give notice of a publiC hearing to con-
sider the zoning classification to be applied, upon annexation to the
City, to property to be annexed. Such notice shall be published at
least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circu-
lated within the City, said publication to be completed at least ten
(10) days before the hearing. Such notice may be included within any
other publication of notice concerning the annexation of the property
involved, and the hearing on the matter of zoning may be held in
conjunction with any public hearing required by law to be held by the
Council in connection .11th the annexation proceed~n~s.
5. Adoption of Interim Zoning. Concurrent with the ordi-
nance of almexation of the property, the Council shall classify tIle
property for zoning furposes, in accordance with its determination,
as provided by law.
SECTION 3. That Subsection A-2 of Section 8.1 be amended
to read as follm'rs:
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SECTIO~ 8.l-A-2. Professional offices for the following
. uses only:
a. Accountants
b. Architects
c. Attorneys-at-law
d. Chiropractors
e. Chiropodists
f. Dentists
g. Enc;ineers
11. Opticians
1. Optometrists
j. Osteopaths
k. Fhysioians
1. Surgeons
SECTION 4. That Subsection A-2-b of ,Section 15 be amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 15-A-2-b. Improvements.
All "public" parking areas and "usedcar sales areasll herein
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permitted shall be improved as follows:
All such areas shall be paved with asphaltic concrete sur-
faci~, and where such parking areas abut property olassified for
IIR" uses, all plans for the improvement, maintenance and operation
of sUCh parking areas shall conform to standards filed in the office
of the Director of Public Works as approved, after recommendation by
the Director of Public Works and the Planning Commission, by resolu-
tion of the City Council.
SECTION 5. That Subsection J-l of Section 16 be amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 16-J-1. Variances and Modifications. vJithin five
(5) days after final action by the Planning Commission on an appli-
cation for a variance or modification, notice of the decision in
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the matter shall be mailed to the applicant at the address shown
upon the application and to all other persons who have filed a
written request therefor with the Secretary of the Planning Commis-
sion. t-lithin ten (10) days after such decisioh by the Planning Com-
mission, the applicant, or any other person aggrieved by such de-
cision, may appeal therefrom in writing to the City Oouncil b~r filing
with the City Clerk.
At its next regular meeting after
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the filing of such appeal with the City Clerk, the City Council shall
set a date for a hearing thereon. The matter of setting the hearing,
5iving of notice thereof and condUcting such hearing shall be the s&ne
as hereinbefore prescribed for hearinGs before the Planning Commission.
If there be no protests made against a requested modification, the ac-
tion of the Modification Committee granting such request shall,be flnal.
If there be any protests to the requested mOdification, or to the deci-
sion of the r.lodification Committee, the action of the [.rodification Com-
mittee shall not be final until the expiration of the time for any ap~
peal that may be made in the matter. Wo permit or license shall be
issued for any use involved in an application for a variance or modfication
until action on such application shall have become final by reason of
the expiration of time to m~~e ~~ appeal herein provided for. If any use
authorized by any variance, exception or modification is, or has been,
unused, abandoned or discontinued for a per~od of six (5) months, or the
. conditions have not been complied with, said variance, exception or modi-
fication shall become null and void and of no effect, unless an extension
thereof has been granted by the Planning Commission upon the written re-
quest of an interested 'person filed with the Planning Commission prior
to the expiration of such six (6) months period. Said request shall set
forth reasons supported by factual data why the variance has been unused,
abandoned or discontinued or the conditions not complied with and no ex-
tension of any such variance shall be granted unless the Commission finds
the facts to be substanti.ally as thus set forth and to constitute justi-
fiable cause for such extension.
SECTION 6. That a new Section 12.1 be added, thereby creat-
ing an architectural design zone, specifying the items to be considered
and the procedures fox' tlleestablishment of architectural standards for
such zone, the procedure for submitting and approving plans for proper-
~ ties within such zone, said Section 12.1 to read as follows:
SECTION 12.1: liD" ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ZQ1\m:.
'l'he following regulations Shall apply in the "D" Architectural
Design Zone unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
A. USE.
Land classified in a D-Zone shall also be classified in
zone as to use.
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B. PURPOSE.
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In order that buildings, structures, signs and landscaping
will be harmonious within a specified area and not of obnoxious, un-
desirable or unsightly appearance and thereby detrimental to other
properties and improvements in the same zone or vicinity, the follow-
ing items shall be considered in establishing the architectural and
landscaping requirements for properties in aD-Zone:
1. The height, bulk and area of buildings;
2. The setbacJ{ distances from all property lines;
3. The colors and materials on the exterior;
4. The type and pitch of roofs;
5. The size and spacing of windows, doors and other
openings;
6. The size, type and location of si~ns;
7. Towers, chimneys, roof structures, flag~oles,
radio and television masts;
8. Plot plan, landscaping and automobile parking area;
9. The relation to the existinb buildings w1d struc-
tures in the general vicinity and area.
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C. ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.
Concurrent with the proceedings fer the establishment of
property in Zone D, the Planning Commission shall investigate the
nature, location and extent of the properties and improvements within
the area to be so classified, and in its recommendation for establish-
ment of propert~r in Zone D shall recommend ree;ulations e;overninl;; the
buildings, structures, signs, landscaping and other improvements to
be constructed or maintained upon such property to accomplish the
purpose specified in the preceding section with respect to the matters
therein specified. Concurrent with the adoption of an ordinance es-
tablishing property in Zone D, the City Council shall, by resolution,
determine and establish such regulations it finds to be necessary and
reasonable to accomplish the purposes specified in the preceding sec-
4It tion with respect to the matters therein specified.
D. CO~'IPLIANCE OF PLANS.
Plans of the exterior archj,tectural design and appearance of
all buildings and structures, plot plans, landscape plans, advertisin~
plans, parking area plans and building setbac;c plans shall compl~r \'lith
the reGulations determined and established by the City Council pursu-
to the preceding section, and no building permit shall be issued
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for plans which do not clearly comply with such regulations, unless
. such plans are approved b~ the City Planning Co~nission.
E. APPEAL.
In the event that the 3uilding Official shall determine
that any plans submitted do not clearly comply ~[ith the regulations
established b~r the City Council pursuant to Section "c" hereof, the
person submitting such plans may, within thirty (30) days after such
decision, appeal in writing to the City Planning Commission for ap-
proval of such plans.
SECTION 7. That Tuesday, the 26th of June, 1955, at the
hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall,
240 Hest Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, is hereby fixed and
determined as the day, hour and place of a publiC hearing for the
. consideration of said matters and hearing and receiYin~ testimony
and'evidence pertaining thereto.
SECTION 8. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution and shall cause to be published notice of the date,
place and purpose of said hearing in the m~111er required by law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Planninl; Commission held on the
22nd day of May, 1956, by the following vote:
AYES: Con~issioners Acker, Balser, Daly, Pratt, Robertson
and Vachon
NOES: None
ABSENT:
Commissioner
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Chairman
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